This NYC DOHMH presentation details the process for onboarding data into BioSense for the NYC hospitals for certification.
Meaningful Use
Join the ISDS Public Health Practice Committee for a special meeting with Dr. Farzad Mostashari, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and founding president of ISDS. Following a brief discussion with Dr. Mostashari about Meaningful Use, the committee will then host Ms. Mary Hamilton, a lead developer of the CDC's PHIN Syndromic Surveillance Messaging Guide which translates recommendations made by ISDS for Meaningful Use. Ms. Hamilton will provide a practical overview of the guide and discuss how to use this resource in practice.
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Description
The federal meaningful use initiative is a major driver to the establishment of expanded electronic syndromic surveillance capacity across the United States. Much has been documented about the background and requirements for eligible hospitals to achieve the syndromic meaningful use objectives. However, the role and efforts by public health agencies in the syndromic onboarding process, which varies by jurisdiction, is a significant component of the success of meaningful use.
Objective
This presentation aims to highlight technical approaches, validation activities, outcomes, and lessons learned while onboarding local hospitals through a local health information exchange (HIE) for Meaningful Use Stage 2 syndromic surveillance
Review NIST's draft CEHRT test procedure, data and tools for syndromic surveillance with us!
Advances in health information technology are providing exciting opportunities to expand public health surveillance capabilities with the addition of more timely electronic health data. Additionally, the implementation of the Meaningful Use provisions of the HITECH Act presents public health agencies (PHAs) with a chance to develop systems that enhance public health monitoring, prevention, and response activities through the use of novel data sources.
Description
SyS systems have great potential to prevent morbidity, injury, and mortality by monitoring population health and providing realtime data to inform public health department decisions. Electronic health information technology and federal, state and local incentives and investments have helped to facilitate their rapid and widespread implementation. As a result, SyS systems operate in the context of laws and regulations that determine their success. An understanding of the effects of this legal environment is crucial to insuring that SyS systems fulfill their potential.
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Explore the impact of law and government policy on the practice of syndromic disease surveillance (SyS) in the United States.
This letter from ISDS offers comments on proposed rule for meaningful use Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program in the Department of Health and Human Services in the Office of the Secretary, 45 CFR Part 170 RIN 0991–AB58.
This letter from ISDS offers Comments from on proposed rule for meaningful use Medicare and Medicaid Programs Electronic Health Record Incentive Program 42CFR Parts 412, 413, 422, and 495 CMSB0033BP.
RIN 0938BAP78.
Description
The purpose of this document is to define the core of PHSS practice and the minimum EHR data requirements widely used to support the core. This recommendation provides the CDC and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), with business requirements that will support Meaningful Use stakeholders in meeting the Stage 1 public health surveillance objective.
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A health information interchange architecture (HIIA) defines the attributes of a data sharing relationship between two parties. In the context of electronic syndromic surveillance (ESS), this refers to the standards, tools, and means to securely transport an ESS message from a sender (typically an Electronic Health Record, or EHR, system from a healthcare provider) to a recipient (typically a public health agency). The HIIA must support the set of business processes defined for ESS in the 2011 ISDS Final Recommendation: Core Processes and EHR Requirements for Public Health Syndromic Surveillance Report 1 and function with the available infrastructures both within public health and the larger healthcare system.
Objective
In support of national efforts to modernize and enhance health information system interoperability for public health purposes, this report seeks to clarify electronic health information interchange requirements for public health syndromic surveillance by providing: • An assessment of various health information interchange architectures for their ability to meet syndromic surveillance business requirements (See Appendix); • A comparison of potential data transport mechanisms; and • Recommendations for data transport to support Meaningful Use implementation
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